Resilient heel attachment.



C. S. BUSHELL.

RESILIENT HEEL ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1911.

1 1 22,681 Patented Dec. 29, 1914:.

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CHARLES S. BUSHELL, OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN.

RESILIENT HEEL ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BUsHnLL, citizen of the United States,residing at Beloit, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient HeelAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to resilient heel attachments, and has forits object to provide a simple attachment adapted to be easily andquickly applied to the heel of a boot or shoe, and which when inposition will render walking easy and will eliminate the jlarl incidentto inflexible or non-resilient ee s.

With this object in view the attachment includes a lift of relativelyhard sole leather, said lift being provided with one or more openingswhich gradually decrease in transverse sectional area from the upper tothe lower surface of the lift. A cushion of rubber or'other resilientmaterial is forced into each opening and the said cushions project belowthe lower surface of the lift.- A'

layer of flexible material, such for instance as thin leather or canvasis applied to the upper surface of the lift and cushion and serves asmeans for holding the cushion or cushions in position.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing descrlption and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe with the heel attachmentapplied; Fig 2 is a perspective view of the attachment; and Fig. 3 is asectional view of the attachment.

orresponding and like parts are referred to in the following descriptionand indicated in all the views of the accompanying mg by the samereference characters."

The resilient heel drawwhich is rovided with one or more openings 2. 9said openings '2 decrease in transverse sectional area from the Theshape of the openings is immaterial. They may Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 11, 1911.

attachment consists of a lift 1, preferably: of hard sole leather,

upper to Patented Dec. 29, 1914. Serial No. seam. 5

be square, round, octagonal, or of other configuration. A cushion 3 ofrubber or other soft resilient material is forced through each opening 2so that its lower end portion projects below the lower surface of thelift. The upper surface of the cushion is flush with the upper surfaceof the lift. A layer of material 4 is secured by an adhesive to theupper surface of the cushion 3 and lift 1 and serves as means forholding the cushion in the lift.

When the attachment is applied to the heel of a shoe, nails, screws, orother securing devices are passed through the lift 1 openings 2. Thesaid securing devices are also driven or forced into the heel of theshoe or boot. By such an arrangement it will be seen that a simple heelattachment is provided which when applied to the heel of a boot or shoewill render the same resilient and easy, and at the same time theresilient material will tend to prevent the heel from slipping on smoothor icy pavements.

. Having thus described my invention, what 'is claimed as new is:

A cushion heel including a lift member having a plurality offrusto-conical' openings which taper toward the tread face of CHARLES s.BUSHELL. 1. 8.

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1n the solid portions thereof between the

